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Mark Lanegan Covers Afghan Whigs – Stereogum Stereogum covered the Afghan Whigs tribute today. They’ve also embedded an exclusive stream of Mark Lanegan’s cover of “Tonight.” Lanegan does a properly slow, soulful, kind of blue take of one of his Gutter Twin’s classic Congregation songs “Tonight.” His go at the 1992 come-on’s from the forthcoming Summer’s Kiss: A Tribute To The Afghan Whigs, which includes a baker’s dozen of Whigs takes via Joseph Arthur, My Jerusalem, Zykos, etc. The idea for it started in the…

Mark Lanegan and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy for new Soulsavers album via guardian.co.uk The production duo Soulsavers have announced their third album – and yet another team-up with Mark Lanegan, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and members of Spiritualized. Richard Hawley, Faith No More’s Mike Patton, and Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers will also appear on the group’s forthcoming record, titled Broken.

While this event is unaffiliated with our Afghan Whigs tribute album, we’re pleased to help promote the “Your Attention Please…” Afghan Whigs tribute concert in Cincinnati on June 20th at the Southgate House. More than 18 Cincinnati-based acts will perform their favorite Whigs songs at this benefit for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Cystic Fibrosis. DJ’d music throughout the evening will include the likes of Moon Man, Mighty Fine, Twilight Singers and the Gutter Twins. The evening includes a $1/ticket raffle with collectible items…

Summer’s Kiss: A Tribute to the Afghan Whigs will be released on June 23, 2009. The compilation album features contributions from Mark Lanegan, Joseph Arthur, Matthew Ryan, My Jerusalem and more. View the full tracklisting and hear excerpts at Summerskiss Records.

From NME.COM: The debut US live shows from Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan have been postponed until September. Campbell announced the news on her Myspace page, saying: “Due to unavoidable circumstances I am disappointed and sorry to announce that we have had to postpone NYC, San francisco and Los Angeles concerts until September this year. For anyone who has bought tickets, these tickets will still be valid in September. And I am sorry for any inconvenience. The good news is that there will be a…

As if you need an excuse to head out to your local record shop on a Tuesday morning, Susan Marshall’s new album, Little Red, is on sale now. Little Red was recorded with Jeff Powell (who also has a long history with the Afghan Whigs) and features guest performances by Greg Dulli (on Lou Reed’s “Femme Fatale”), Lucinda Williams (for a duet of “Don’t Let Me Down”) and Al Green’s sideman Teenie Hodges (on “Oh My Soul” ). The album opens with a cover of…